"Wait really?" Records about our ancestors were a bit scarce or, more to say, restricted, and only the heir was supposed to know it. It was sothing I was so confused about. Like, what's wrong about knowing so dead people that had nothing to do with you? Why couldn't we know so of our ancestors except those historically famous ones. I never thought of this as suspicious, but now I should have noticed it.
"Should I continue?"
"Yes, please," Alicia flipped through the thick book, but now I was surprised that all people nad Apollo had a very powerful story with them. They all achieve significant status, but strangely, their nas aren't known to the later generation. They were famous at their ti, but after their deaths, they were imdiately buried. It was actually confusing considering how prominent they are when they are still alive.
"Strange"
Alicia mutters as she reads the information about each Apollo registered in the Lionheart history book.
"What strange?"
"I just wondered why I didn't notice this myself." Alicia frowned, but I was confused. How could she notice this when it was recorded hundreds of years ago? Curious about what she ant, I asked, "Huh? What do you an? What can you notice earlier from a book written many years ago"
"Nothing," she just replied, flipping more pages of the book.
'Did I perhaps miss sothing?'
I thought but kept questions to myself.
"Hmmmm..... I think I understood most of it," she said, pulling away from my random.
"Understood what?" I was still kept in the dark; reading nas didn't help but made confused instead. 'How is this gonna help ?'
I was still complaining, but then Alicia finally explained what she understood.
"The first to bear the na Apollo was actually the son of the first Lionheart, Artemis"
She spoke, but strangely, her tone was different. Then she looks at . "Do you know why she nad him Apollo?"
I just shook my head waiting for her to explain. "She gave her son that na to honor her master, who bears the exact na as you"
"You an, Apollo?"
"Yes" Then she began reading more, but to my surprise, I could not comprehend whatever she was reading. "Hmmm? What this? That's weird," she began to mumble, making conscious of what she was reading. "Apollo"
"Yes?" She looked conflicted for a second like she was hesitating whether to tell or not. "Go on, say it," I told her, but I was silently nervous since she was never hesitant to tell ; whatever ca to her mind, she would imdiately say it. No setbacks, but now her expression tells that she read sothing odd that made her conflicted to speak. "Apollo isn't actually a na," She started to say, making confused as well.
"What do you an it wasn't a na?"
"Just like I said it wasn't a na but a position instead"
"A position?"
"Correct it is sothing given to children from the house Lionheart to fill a certain task, everyone given the position Apollo is tasked to do a sacred mission"
"And that mission is?" This ti, she stopped speaking again, and this made a bit rash. "Don't stop now go on explain it for "
*Sigh*
"Truth is this is a bit complicated than I thought"
"It is?"
"Yes, what you are tasked to do was sothing all the previous Apollos failed to do"
"And that is?"
"Collecting fragnts"
"Fragnts?"
"Yes, and not just ordinary fragnts but soul fragnts imbued with great magic." Then she began to flip another page, and with her calm yet serious expression, she showed what was in it.
"Apollo," I mutter as I see an illustration of a man; his features are obscure by a hood, but even so, a sense of familiarity swells within as if I t this man before. "He is Apollo?"
"Yes, and he is also the owner of the soul fragnts you ant to find." Suddenly, my throat tightened, and I could not speak as if sothing was squeezing it. I gasped for air until I stumbled; this caused Alicia to co forward and catch my falling body. "Breath Apollo, you need to breath"
I nodded my head, still trying to stabilize itself; as confusion reigns upon , a sudden voice becos my saving grace.
[An anomaly has been detected!]
[System restabilizes the Creator's body...]
[Stabilizing complete]
The events lasted only for a second and my body was back to normal again. Alicia, who was holding for a total of three seconds, imdiately saw my improvents. "You are better now"
"If you have any idea what just happened to , please do explain it." Alicia just nodded. "What you feel just now is called a resonance caused by the fragnts being summoned due to the power of this book. Apollo, it seems unknowingly you end up gathering 'His' fragnts, although it only a small portion its already in a state were it could cause so influence in your body"
"I don't really like what I'm hearing right now"
"You better listen because there is still more than what it seems to be"
"The thing is, the original Apollo, whom your na ca from, died protecting his students, and in that process, he ends up being divided into pieces. A state worse than death. He was unable to enter the cycle and eternally exist as re pieces flowing endlessly. That is when your ancestor Artemis passes such a task on one of her sons. A child having the sa na as her master and given the task to gather all the fragnts and return his soul back to the cycle." I couldn't help but wonder what kind of fragnts I needed to look for and when I even managed to find one. While I was still thinking, I felt soone was looking at , Alicia. "Was there more information?"
"There is, but it's not that good i look up and search the na of all the Apollo. I wanted to know if any of them had t Nero before you did. However, there was none; you are the Apollo he t during his life so far, unless....."
"Unless it wasn't recorded or..." There was a mont of silence between the two of us until I spoke again.
"Or this isn't his first life," I continued what she wanted to say; the reincarnator was really him like what Alicia said. Now I can see the dots moving, and sohow, a picture began to show.
"I wonder how he was able to reincarnate with his mories intact, or he knows how stored his mories and retrieves the mont he is born again, but for that to happen either soone needs to activate the mories or it does automatically"
"You are a bit conflicted with the second theory since the empresses of the empire are subjected to tight security during their pregnancy and even more to the mont they give birth. So there is no way for soone to approach the empress or even the imperial infants. That is if we are looking at the aspect that he is rely using soone to activate all his previous mories"
Alicia only nodded agreeing to his words
"Since he is our reincarnator that would explain how he t one of the Apollos of the past"
"Is there a way for us to pinpoint which Apolo he t? Perhaps we can know more of him if we do so"
With those words a frown form on her forehead as she continues to read, searching to any leads that may provide us with more information about Nero.
"Hmmmm... Apollo did Nero ever tell you anything else, I need more clues"
"Nero..." I mumbled pondering the monts I had encountered him"
As my thoughts glided toward my mories, a word popped up as I thought of Nero.
"Teacher," I mutter with combined confusion and determination.
"Teacher?"
I nodded, then began to explain to her, "Back when I encountered Nero at the academy, he called that way. He said 'It is nice to see you again... teacher' and 'It seems you don't rember .....my teacher', he kept calling in that way as soon as he settled his gaze at "
She just looked at with her usual neutral expression, but this ti, I could see a hint of worry escaping from her cold deanor. Yet again she is breaking from her usual character.
"And he also told you that you are similar to the previous Apollo he t"
"Yes"
"Then it only ans that sohow you remind him of his teacher to the point that he actually believes you were him in your first encounter. Apollo how did you exactly appear before him"
"? Well, flashy, I supposed, soone befitting the Mage's tower. I filled my body with spells and used it as my weapon during our battle"
"A mage..hmmm"
"This I just an idea but I think I know who he was referring to"
"Who"
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